Section 702 is the controversial authority under which the government acquires hundreds of millions of communications annually. It expired at the end of 2017 and was re-authorized by Congress at the beginning of 2018.

PANELISTS INCLUDED:

Nima Binara, Counsel for Sen. Leahy, co-author the Senate version of the USA Liberty Act

Patrick Day, Counsel for Sen. Feinstein, who offered an amendment at a SCCI markup to close the backdoor search loophole